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Dates: during 1957-1957
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...Lowitz says he has been criticized for "selling his paintings too cheaply." Don't you listen, Mr. Lowitz; you've got cheap work there, and it should be sold cheap. JACK SQUIER New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1957 | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...harsh with "Art" Peddler Lowitz. This is the Dingbat Age, in which anything can happen. J. F. HARRINGTON Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1957 | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...could you sink so low in your June 10 issue to further the business profits of Los Angeles Art Dealer Martin Lowitz, a man using a lot of copycats who copy the works of another for profit and who obviously have no talent to create, or are lacking in ethical standards? FRANK O. HAMILTON Belvedere, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1957 | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...Lowitz has succeeded in a grand manner where we art dealers have been able only to make minor inroads in awakening 20th century Americans to 20th century art. ERNEST RABOFF Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 1, 1957 | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

Buying Blind. The decorators buy their hotel art with one eye on swatches of material and the other on the colors of the paintings. Some buy blind, simply phone their orders and leave the choice to Lowitz. Since the orders are often for hundreds of paintings at a time. Lowitz tries to keep an inventory of about 30,000 pictures, to suit all tastes, stacked in 17 locked vaults. The problem is not demand but supply. Says Lowitz: "It's harder to find good artists than good clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Painting Factory | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

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